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The everyday functional pick — tough, water-tolerant and easy to live with.
PETG 3D printing at KAD3D — The everyday functional pick — tough, water-tolerant and easy to live with.
PETG sits between PLA and engineering plastics: tougher and more forgiving than PLA, with good chemical and moisture resistance, at nearly PLA pricing. It handles light outdoor duty and liquid-contact jigs well, though fine detail suffers and it creeps under sustained warm load.
PETG is chosen when a part has to actually do a job. It is common for functional prototypes, machine guards, brackets, spray-bottle-style containers and protective housings — the same tough, slightly glossy plastic used in drink bottles and packaging.
Typical applications include Brackets, enclosures, bottle and liquid-contact jigs, and light outdoor fittings.
Produced with FDM, PETG 3D printing typically offers a tensile strength around 31 MPa, elongation at break near 25%, heat deflection about 70 °C, a density of 1.27 g/cm³ and water absorption around 0.2%. Full technical data is listed in the table below.
For dimensional work, PETG supports a typical layer height or tolerance of ±0.25–0.30 mm or ±0.5%.
This makes PETG a strong choice for parts that need chemical / moisture exposure, end-use production, impact-tough, outdoor / uv-stable and water-resistant.
PETG can be annealed at 75–85 °C for 12 h — the manufacturer-suggested cycle to relieve internal printing stresses. Results depend on part geometry, so our team will advise when annealing is genuinely worthwhile.
Finishing options for PETG include Sanding, Painting / Priming and Sealing.
Standard turnaround for PETG is 3 business days, with an express option in 24 hours, from order confirmation and delivered Australia-wide.
Commonly chosen by Brisbane and Perth workshops for functional brackets, enclosures and liquid-contact jigs where moisture tolerance and toughness matter more than fine detail.
Glossy layer lines off the machine; can string on fine features. Sands and paints acceptably; flame-polishing lifts the gloss. The most popular finish is Print solid and seal seams for liquid-contact parts; sand and paint for a display finish. Wide colour range available, including translucents — reach out to check a specific colour. Maximum build size is up to 1000 × 1000 × 1000 mm (larger on request).
FDM (fused deposition modelling) builds each part layer by layer from a molten thermoplastic filament — a fast, cost-effective process ideal for prototypes and functional parts. You can read more about the FDM process on Wikipedia.
Not sure PETG is the right pick? Include a line about your part's job when you upload your STL, STEP or 3MF file, and our team will sanity-check the choice against the alternatives on cost, lead time and performance — then prepare wall thickness, infill and orientation to suit.
From a single prototype to a repeatable low-volume run, KAD3D handles PETG 3D printing end to end in Melbourne — free instant quotes online, honest advice on material and finish, a check on every part before it ships, and delivery anywhere in Australia. 24 hours express is available on this material.
Indicative pricing for PETG starts around $6.69 AUD for small parts. Every job is quoted exactly on geometry and quantity — instant online quotes are free.
Standard turnaround for PETG is 3 business days from order confirmation, with a 24 hours express option, delivered Australia-wide.
Printed PETG offers a tensile strength around 31 MPa. The full technical profile, including the figures that matter for your part, is in the table on this page.
The maximum build size for PETG is 1000 × 1000 × 1000 mm (larger on request). Larger parts can often be printed in sections and joined — ask when you quote.
Yes — PETG takes primer and paint well, sands easily and can be annealed. The most common finishing routes for this material are listed above, and our team can recommend the right one for your part.
Typical layer height or tolerance for PETG is ±0.25–0.30 mm or ±0.5%. If a feature needs to be tighter, flag it when you quote and we will confirm what is achievable.
Compare PETG with TPU 95A, ABS, ASA, ASA-CF, PLA, or browse the full materials hub.
Ready to start? Upload your file for a free instant quote on PETG 3D printing at KAD3D.
Glossy layer lines off the machine; can string on fine features. Sands and paints acceptably; flame-polishing lifts the gloss.
Wide colour range available, including translucents — reach out to check a specific colour.
Lead times are indicative and start from order confirmation. Actual turnaround varies model by model, depending on part geometry, print time, quantity and shipping location. Express service incurs an additional charge. Express availability is subject to current machine capacity — please confirm when ordering.
Contact us| Price | $6.69 |
| Tensile strength | 31 MPa |
| Elongation at break | 25 % |
| Heat deflection (0.45 MPa) | 70 °C |
| Heat deflection (1.80 MPa) | 66 °C |
| Density | 1.27 g/cm³ |
| Water absorption (24 h) | 0.2 % |
| Layer / tolerance | ±0.25–0.30 mm or ±0.5% |
Parts printed in PETG in FDM can be finished a number of ways at KAD3D, from a clean functional surface to a fully painted, display-ready result. The treatments below are the ones we most often apply to this material.
Most popular finish: Print solid and seal seams for liquid-contact parts; sand and paint for a display finish.
To make material costs easy to compare, KAD3D prints the same standard model — the #3DBenchy — in every material. The price shown is what that identical benchmark part costs in PETG, so you can weigh materials against each other on a genuine like-for-like basis before uploading your own file.
Benchmark price is a guide for comparison only; your part is quoted on its own size, geometry and finishing. Upload your model for an exact price.
These prices were taken on 1 July 2026 and are still in place.
Food-safe compatible*
* Some materials can be food-safe in one manufacturing method but not in another, depending on process, post-processing and batch certification. We recommend referring back to the manufacturer's guidelines and confirming requirements with our team before ordering food-contact parts.
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Get instant quote Made in Melbourne · delivered Australia-wide.Material data on these pages was compiled with the assistance of online research tools, in good faith, and may contain inaccuracies. Values are indicative only and intended to give a closer idea of each material's behaviour. For accurate, batch-specific TDS or SDS documentation, please contact KAD3D directly. KAD3D accepts no liability for any reliance on this information.